Financier (IPA: /ˌfi nãn ˈsjei/) is an elegant term for a person who handles large sums of money, usually involving money lending, financing projects, large-scale investing, or large-scale money management. The term is French, and derives from finance, which means payment. The term financier has upscale and haughty connotations, and the image portrayed by the term is typically of a wealthy and powerful person.

A financier today can be someone who makes their living from investments, particularly in investing in up and coming companies and businesses. A financier makes money through this process when his or her investment is paid back with interest or from a certain percentage of the company awarded to them as specified by the business deal. The word financier also is synonymous with someone who handles money in any form, noted especially for his or her skill in doing so. By today's standards both a personal accountant and a stockbroker could then be considered financiers.
Job prerequisites
Officially, there are no degrees or schooling needed to be called a financier as it is a term to describe someone who handles money. Certain financier avenues do require degrees and licenses including: stockbrokers, public treasurers, trust fund managers, and accountants. Investing, on the other hand, has no requirements and is open to all by means of the stock market or by word of mouth requests for money.
Types of financiers

* Accountants
* Corporate Investor
* Stockbroker
* Treasurer
* Trust fund manager

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http://www.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index102...
Domaine(s) :
- appellation de personne
appellation d'emploi
- finance
français:
financier n. m. = Personne qui effectue des opérations financières importantes, capitalise, investit et spécule sur l'argent.

anglais: financier

dicţionarul economic EN>RO de Andrei Bantaş menţionează:
> financier (subst.)
1. om de finanţe, specialist în probleme financiare, finanţist
2. finanţist, om de afaceri
> to financier (verb) = a conduce operaţiuni financiare, a finanţa

Pentru "finanţist", uite ce am găsit pe Google:
http://wwwcom.ase.ro/curs-finante/introducere.htm
"Activitatea financiară ce se desfăşoară la nivelul firmelor simte nevoia unor reconsiderări teoretice şi aplicative pentru a deveni compatibilă cu exigenţele economiei de piaţă ce se conturează în economia noastră. Schimbările care au loc impun nu numai reconsiderări în comportamentul general al **economistului finanţist**, în sensul asumării unor responsabilităţi de manager al gestiunii financiare a firmei, dar şi reconsiderări în teoria care stă la baza acestui comportament."

http://www.ejobs.ro/job_titles/joburi_economist_finantist.ht...
"Pentru a vedea daca in acest moment exista joburi pt **Economist Finantist**, te rugam sa..."

http://www.9am.ro/revistapresei/Business/1202/Mihai-Tanasesc...
"Cu deosebire in ultimul an, in ciuda semnalelor de alarma trase de oamenii de afaceri, de reprezentantii patronatelor si de liderii sindicali, ministrul finantelor s-a dovedit a fi mai degraba un simplu politruc decat un **finantist**, punandu-se cu obedienta la dispozitia intereselor meschine de partid..."

http://www.kappa.ro/news/dimineata/dm7081.html
"- Ca „finantist“, ce opinie aveti fata de proiectul de buget pe anul 1997?
- Trebuie sa vorbesc nu numai ca finantist, ci si ca deputat PDSR."

"Financier"... poate fi tradus in mai multe moduri, in functie de context... Daca contextul tau nu ofera suficiente detalii, poate ar fi mai indicat sa-l traduci ca FINANŢIST sau SPECIALIST/EXPERT ÎN FINANŢE.

Finanţist este menţionat in MDN 2004:
= (fam.) financiar (II,2). [financiar II,2 = 1. posesor de capital financiar 2. specialist in materie de finante, finantist]

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